An entrepreneur from Tyumen was accused of financing extremism due to donations to FBK

The court sent Vitaly Samoilik under house arrest.

On April 1, 2024, it became known that a criminal case was opened against an entrepreneur from Tyumen, the owner of the local Spasskaya hotel, Vitaly Samoilik. He is accused under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code (financing extremist activities).

According to investigators, Samoilik donated money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation, despite the organization being recognized as extremist. After the arrest, the Central District Court of Tyumen sent the businessman to a pre-trial detention center, but on March 15, 2024, the regional court changed the preventive measure, ordering house arrest. On March 18, Samoilik was added to the list of extremists and terrorists maintained by Rosfinmonitoring.

We consider the prosecution of Samoilik under Part 1 of Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code is unlawful. Inour opinion , the decision to recognize the structures of Alexei Navalny and his supporters as extremist - the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the Foundation for the Defense of Citizens' Rights (FZPG) and Navalny's Headquarters - was made without sufficient grounds. Since the recognition of Navalny’s structures as extremist, in our opinion, was unlawful, we consider the prosecution of the politician’s supporters under Art. 282.3 of the Criminal Code for financing the activities of these organizations.

Sources

• Tyumen entrepreneur was put under house arrest for donations to extremists // URA.RU. 2024. April 1.
• Card of the case on appealing the chosen preventive measure No. 22K-824/2024 // Tyumen Regional Court. 2024. March 19.